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Kirin Brewery chief dies; group CEO to run unit in interim
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese beverage maker Kirin Holdings Co Ltd on Friday said Takayuki Fuse, the head of the company's brewery unit, has died at the age of 61. Fuse, who joined Kirin group in 1982, s...
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Covestro to cut up to 10% of jobs worldwide – paper
(Reuters) - German chemicals maker Covestro plans to cut up to 1,700 of its 16,500 jobs worldwide, the Rheinishe Post newspaper said. In Germany, the maker of foam chemicals and hard plastics could cu...
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Uneven recovery for U.S. offshore energy production after Ida
(Reuters) - U.S. Gulf Coast energy companies on Friday advanced the recovery from Hurricane Ida on a few fronts, but slipped elsewhere as lack of crews, power and fuel reversed earlier production gain...
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Vietnam’s biggest city proposes Sept 15 economic restart after lockdown
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's coronavirus epicentre Ho Chi Minh City is proposing to resume its economic activities from Sept. 15 after a strict lockdown, in a shift from its "Zero-COVID-19" containment...
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Japan seen upgrading Q2 GDP on stronger business spending: Reuters poll
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely grew more than initially reported in the second quarter thanks to stronger business spending, a Reuters poll showed, though a resurgence of c...
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Exclusive: U.S. funding tapped for Pacific undersea cable after China rebuffed
By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Federated States of Micronesia will tap a U.S. funding facility to construct a Pacific undersea communications cable, two sources told Reuters, after rejecti...
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Fed likely to announce taper in November, former Fed official says
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - omThe U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to announce the tapering of its asset purchases in November and begin the process a month later, former Federal Reserve offic...
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India August service activity grows at fastest pace since pandemic began
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's dominant services industry returned to growth in August, expanding at its fastest pace since the pandemic began, as businesses reopened amid improved vaccination rates, a...
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Biden to visit hard-hit Louisiana to see damage from Hurricane Ida
By Steve Holland and Devika Krishna Kumar WASHINGTON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Louisiana on Friday to get a first-hand look at the destruction wrought by Hurricane Id...
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U.S. has no plans to release billions in Afghan assets, Treasury says
By Andrea Shalal and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has no plans to release billions in Afghan gold, investments and foreign currency reserves parked in the United S...
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